2016 Korea Open
# 2016 Korea Open

The 2016 Korea Open was a women's professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 13th edition of the tournament, and part of the 2016 WTA Tour. It took place in Seoul, South Korea between 19 and 25 September 2016.

## Points and prize money

### Point distribution

| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Q | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Singles | 280 | 180 | 110 | 60 | 30 | 1 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 1 |
| Doubles | 280 | 180 | 110 | 60 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |

### Prize money

| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Q | Q2 | Q1 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Singles | $43,000 | $21,400 | $11,300 | $5,900 | $3,310 | $1,925 | $1,005 | $730 | $530 |
| Doubles * | $12,300 | $6,400 | $3,435 | $1,820 | $960 | — | — | — | — |

$_{*perteam}$

## Singles main-draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
| - | - | - | - |
| ROU | Irina-Camelia Begu | 23 | 1 |
| SWE | Johanna Larsson | 46 | 2 |
| CHN | Zhang Shuai | 49 | 3 |
| FRA | Kristina Mladenovic | 51 | 4 |
| ROU | Monica Niculescu | 55 | 5 |
| BEL | Kirsten Flipkens | 58 | 6 |
| USA | Nicole Gibbs | 72 | 7 |
| USA | Louisa Chirico | 75 | 8 |

* $^1$ Rankings are as of September 12, 2016

### Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

* Han Na-lae
* Jang Su-jeong
* Lee So-ra

The following player received entry as a special exempt:

* Tereza Martincová

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

* Eri Hozumi
* Luksika Kumkhum
* Katarzyna Piter
* Arantxa Rus

### Withdrawals

* Kristína Kučová → replaced by Sara Sorribes Tormo
* Shelby Rogers → replaced by Jana Čepelová
* Yaroslava Shvedova → replaced by Marina Erakovic

## Doubles main-draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| JPN | Eri Hozumi | GEO | Oksana Kalashnikova | 96 | 1 |
| BEL | Kirsten Flipkens | SWE | Johanna Larsson | 159 | 2 |
| NED | Demi Schuurs | CZE | Renata Voráčová | 167 | 3 |
| CZE | Lenka Kunčíková | CZE | Karolína Stuchlá | 194 | 4 |

* $^1$ Rankings are as of September 12, 2016

### Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

* Han Sung-hee / Kim Da-bin
* Hong Seung-yeon / Kang Seo-kyung

## Finals

### Singles

* Lara Arruabarrena defeated Monica Niculescu, 6–0, 2–6, 6–0

### Doubles

* Kirsten Flipkens / Johanna Larsson defeated Akiko Omae / Peangtarn Plipuech, 6–2, 6–3
